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Giani Harpreet opts out, Satwant Kaur set to head breakaway Akali faction

AMRITSAR, Aug. 9 -- Senior SGPC employee Bibi Satwant Kaur is set to be the new chief of the breakaway Akali Dal faction as former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said he is ... Read More


Punjab minister Bains told to clean shoes, perform sewa over violation of Sikh maryada at Srinagar event

AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht on Wednesday awarded tankhah (religious punishment) to Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains for violation of Sikh maryada at an event organised by the Punjab... Read More


Punjab minister Bains told to clean shoes, perform sewa over violation of maryada at Srinagar even

AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht on Wednesday awarded tankhah (religious punishment) to Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains for violation of Sikh maryada at an event organised by the Punjab... Read More


Akal Takht-panel may not get nod to hold session at SGPC HQ

AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht-appointed panel, mandated to recast the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), may not get the nod to hold a delegate session to hold party elections on August 11 at Teja Singh ... Read More


Akal Takht panel's delegate meet: SGPC puts ball in Takht jathedar's court

AMRITSAR, Aug. 5 -- In a fix over the Takht-appointed panel's request to hold a delegate session at its headquarters, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked jathedar Giani Kuldee... Read More


Ajnala police station attack: Court frames charges against 41, including 9 Amritpal aides

AMRITSAR, Aug. 1 -- A local court in Amritsar on Thursday framed charges against 41 accused, including nine close aides of jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, in the Ajnala police station attack c... Read More


Patna Sahib blinks, accepts Akal Takht's supremacy

AMRITSAR, July 15 -- The ongoing confrontation between Akal Takht and Takht Patna Sahib was resolved on Monday after the clergy of Bihar-based Sikh temporal seat withdrew its resolution issued to chal... Read More


Week on, Giani Gargaj addresses two events without disruption

AMRITSAR, June 17 -- After skipping address at the Akal Takht during the event organised to observe the 41st anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6 amid opposition from Harnam Singh Dhumma-led Da... Read More


Govt urged to reopen Kartarpur Corridor

AMRITSAR, June 16 -- The Kartarpur Corridor has been closed from the Indian side for five weeks despite a prevailing ceasefire between India and Pakistan and growing calls for its reopening. The last... Read More